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The UK is still failing to protect foreign bribery investigations from undue interference and ensure the independence of investigations, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development’s (OECD’s) working group on bribery. It is a conclusion the British government – currently ensnared in Brexit-related chaos – refutes.…

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is expanding its network of cyber-crime expertise, with a view to beefing up intelligence, protections and responses to online criminal attacks, including frauds such as identity theft, as well as hacking.

EU member states and the European Parliament are to start talks establishing from January 2021 a European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Centre, pooling European investment in cybersecurity research, technology and industrial development.…

While the confectionery industry is traditionally associated with high sugar levels and unhealthy indulgence, market research indicates that efforts to also appeal to consumers with a growing interest in health and wellness trends are paying off. According to UK-based market researcher GlobalData, in 2016 alone USD3.7 billion worth of confectionery with functional or fortified attributes was sold globally.…

Women in the Gulf region need to put themselves forward and show the skills they can contribute to organisations if they want to be considered for more senior positions, participants of a recent event hosted by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) have said.…

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) should make more use of forensic accountants to combat fraud within its institutions, experts have underlined to Accounting & Business. The cost of fraud to EU spending programmes and revenue collection is eye wateringly high – costing more than EUR9 billion (USD10 billion) between 2002-2017 according to a January 2019 Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project report).…

THE SUBMISSION to the White House by the US Department of Commerce of a report recommending whether and how the USA should impose tariffs on automotive and related parts on national security grounds has provoked significant concern worldwide.

President Donald Trump has 90 days from February 17 (to mid-May) to decide on whether to impose the tariffs under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act.…

Refugees have welcomed an international initiative at Gulu University, in northern Uganda, that is equipping them with skills on agribusiness and micro-enterprise development, helping them become financially independent.

Gulu is one of two African universities implementing the Mastercard Foundation-funded Transforming African Agricultural Universities project whose goal is meaningfully contributing to Africa’s growth and development.…

BIG data and its manipulation are not just a boon for the IT sector, the growing sophistication of seismic data collection can give oil and gas companies a real competitive edge.

2019 will be the first full year of operation for Magseis Fairfield (Norway), created through combining two complementary players in marine seismic survey, with big ambitions in ocean-bottom systems for acquiring seismic data.…

RECOVERY in the global marine seismic survey market for oil and gas E&P (exploitation and production) is entering its third year, with the surviving leaders in the sector starting to sound more optimistic after making painful adjustments.

Business intelligence provider Visiongain (London, UK) estimated the value of the global marine seismic acquisition and equipment market at USD5 billion in 2018, far below the USD8 billion it estimated in 2014, but nearly 15% higher than in 2017.…

Nuclear power industry executives, investors and officials in Beijing and abroad are watching a new atomic energy law winding its way through the Chinese legislative system. The ‘Draft Atomic Energy Law’ was first submitted to the country’s State Council (China’s cabinet) by the ministry for industry and information technology (which oversees the sector) in January 2015.…